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1 Chronicles 27:16 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 27 · verse 16
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:1 Chronicles 27:16 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 27:16 in context
14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
15The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
18Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ReubenitesRᵉʼûwbênîya Reubenite or descendant of ReubenH7206 →
- SimeonitesShimʻônîya Shimonite or descendants of ShimonH8099 →
- ShephatiahShᵉphaṭyâhShephatjah, the name of ten IsraelitesH8203 →
- EliezerʼĔlîyʻezerEliezer, the name of a Damascene and of ten IsraelitesH461 →
- MaachahMaʻăkâhMaakah , the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and…H4601 →
- tribesshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
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We have here an account, I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief. It is probable that it was kept up all along, either by election or by succession, in the same family;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-34